Kurds no safer after US shoots down Syrian jet - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Jun 20, 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand along a damaged street in the Raqqa's al-Sanaa industrial neighbourhood, Syria June 14, 2017. Picture taken June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said - RTS175OT — Syrian Democratic Forces fighters stand along a damaged street in Raqqa's al-Sanaa industrial neighborhood, Syria, June 14, 2017. — REUTERS/Rodi Said

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Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesman Talal Silo speaks during a press conference in Hukoumiya village in Raqqa, Syria June 6, 2017.REUTERS/Rodi Said - RC1543C159D0

SDF commander's claims of Turkish allegiance raise eyebrows

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

KILIS, TURKEY - MARCH 02: Turkish soldiers from the 1st Border Regiment Command run through alert drills at a military outpost on the Turkey/Syria border on March 2, 2017 in Kilis, Turkey. The military exercises were held to display the new border wall and new security measures such as thermal scanning and patrols by the new Tactical Armoured Reconnaissance vehicles (Kobra-2) that are being used to tighten Turkey's border. The government announced this week that more than half of the 511-kilometer wall ha

Ankara sends reinforcements into northern Syria

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

US and Syria's Kurds: Love on the rocks?

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Smoke rises from the Syria's Afrin region, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Hassa, on the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, Turkey January 20, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - RC1E9965CD20

Turkish troops cross Syrian border near Afrin

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture